“In 1906 Laura Ingalls Wilder visited her daughter, Rose, in Kansas City, MO. While she was there this studio picture was made. Her life in the LITTLE HOUSE books was just a memory and her writing career had not begun.” From a postcard of Laura Ingalls Wilder Home Association, Mansfield, Missouri If you guessed Laura [...]
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Books, Children's books, Family and friends, Historical, Just for fun, tagged Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House books, Little House in the Big Woods, The Long Winter on Monday, February 6, 2012 | 26 Comments »
The Paper Garden by Molly Peacock
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Books, Gardening, Historical, tagged "flower mosaicks", Mary Delany, Mary Granville Pendarvis Delany, Molly Peacock, The Paper Garden on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 | 14 Comments »
Bloomers. Late bloomers, to be exact. Late bloomers are not just flowers. Late bloomers are like the 72 year old English gentlewoman, Mary Granville Pendarves Delany, who, upon seeing a geranium petal fall, picked up a scissors and a piece of paper and invented the art of “flower mosaicks”. Mrs. Delany began snipping and pasting [...]
The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Books, Children's books, Family and friends, tagged The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck on Thursday, March 17, 2011 | 24 Comments »
When the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan last week, my good friend Janet mentioned that it brought to mind the children’s book, The Big Wave, by Pearl S. Buck. It rested on my mind, for most of a week. I finally checked our inter-library loan system and found several copies in the immediate area libraries. [...]
Art and ice and friendship
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Family and friends, tagged Katherine Legge and the Hinsdale Center for the Arts on Monday, February 28, 2011 | 12 Comments »
I missed the opening reception of an art exhibit my good friend Kathryn had several paintings in this past January. We have been trying to get to the Hinsdale Center for the Arts for several weeks since. Today we were finally able to meet up. I’m so glad I was able to see her paintings [...]
Crochet
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Family and friends on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 | 14 Comments »
I don’t know if it is because this is her birthday month, or because I am a grandmother myself now. Maybe it is this hankering I’ve had to crochet something. Whatever has precipitated my longing, I have been thinking a great deal about my paternal grandmother lately. She’s in my dreams and seems to be [...]
Balmy
Posted in Arts and Crafts, tagged Georgios Iakovides, It's About Time blog, Motherly Care on Sunday, February 13, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Balmy weather paid a brief visit to the midwest this day as we saw temperatures rising to the high 40s. It seemed like tropical weather for those of us who experienced below zero readings last week. It felt good to be outdoors and moving about as the snow on the pavement began to melt, the [...]
Taking time
Posted in Arts and Crafts, tagged Helene Schjerfbeck on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 | 20 Comments »
I’ve had one of those days. I was busy with paperwork and phone calls and problems just solved as new ones emerged. I’m not complaining. We all have some days that are more hectic than others. Days less productive than we would have liked and fraught with dilemmas. A day with a mind of its [...]
The Grandfather
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Children's books, tagged Heidi, Jim Fettingis, Johanna Spyri, the grandfather on Monday, November 8, 2010 | 14 Comments »
I love the play of sun and shadows this time of year. My little library where I sit and type and read and ponder is lighter and brighter as the days get shorter and I am apt to appreciate the changing landscape a little more. As I sit here typing, the sun is pouring in, [...]
Labor Day
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Holidays, tagged Alden Krider, Elmhurst Post Office, George Melville Smith, New Deal, New Deal Art, WPA (Works Project Administration) on Monday, September 6, 2010 | 14 Comments »
It is quiet here today on the cutoff. The sun is trying to peak through, the robins seem to have already headed south, and I have some catching up to do after a few days of being under the weather. I am now “over the weather” as my good friend Janet’s granddaughter Celeste would say. [...]
Soporific
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Books, Children's books, Famous and infamous, tagged At home with Beatrix Potter, Beatrix Potter, soporific, Susan Denyer, The Creator of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Peter Rabbit on Friday, September 3, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Soporific. Such a very big word for such a little book. It is just how Peter Rabbit feels when he goes into Mr. MacGregor’s garden and eats much too much lettuce. He falls asleep and trouble brews and we have this delightful tale, which was published in 1902. Can you imagine, such a little book [...]
